DevOps Lead with Telco experience

Description

The role is in applications management, which covers software applications from deployment through monitoring, upkeep and optimisation, so they meet business needs.

You will work on a strategic telecommunications account with colleagues in Romania and across the wider company.

You will lead technically, make sound calls in complex or unclear situations, and own key technical outcomes.

The company is a consultancy with more than 20 years of experience that builds digital platforms and experiences for major brands across many industries.

Responsibilities

• Plan and set up network, security and cloud infrastructure designs.
• Build and maintain test environments and lab IT services.
• Install, configure and fix large-scale RAN platforms and their infrastructure.
• Maintain automation scripts and infrastructure-as-code, using Terraform among other tools.
• Guide and lead the wider team on technical matters.
• Keep systems stable, resolve incidents and keep environments reliable.
• Handle ticket-based support for infrastructure and test tool faults.
• Run test environment pooling and cluster checks on large systems.
• Track system performance and apply changes that improve efficiency and lower running costs.
• Make sure infrastructure and cloud environments meet security and compliance rules.
• Plan capacity and manage resources so infrastructure is used well.
• Coach and grow team members, encouraging continuous learning and high technical standards.
• Manage stakeholder and vendor relationships, keeping service delivery and escalation routes working.
• Write up infrastructure configurations, processes and runbooks so knowledge is kept and shared.

Requirements

• At least 5 years of professional experience in telecommunications.
• At least 3 years of recent, hands-on work provisioning, integrating and troubleshooting large-scale RAN platforms.
• Solid understanding of networking, including IP protocols, routing and firewall architecture.
• Advanced Linux administration skills, covering system commands and infrastructure troubleshooting.
• Thorough knowledge of Docker and Kubernetes.
• Substantial understanding of digital signal processing principles and applications.
• Proven experience with radio emulators such as DICE, C1, L1BP, C2RS/MIB and CTX.
• Verified experience in cluster verification and validation on large-scale systems.
• Established experience designing and managing cloud infrastructure.
• Proficiency with infrastructure as code, specifically Terraform.
• Advanced Kubernetes skills for container orchestration and management.
• Strong record in complex problem solving and systematic troubleshooting.
• Proven ability to explain technical concepts clearly and work across multidisciplinary teams.

Conditions

Hybrid working with flexible working hours.

Applicants are assessed on merit, skills, qualifications and potential, and the company welcomes people from all backgrounds and will make adjustments during recruitment on request.

Benefits

• Competitive salary package, share plan, performance bonuses, recognition awards for value-based work, and a referral bonus.
• Career coaching, global career opportunities, non-linear career paths, and internal programmes for management and technical leadership.
• Complex projects, rotations, internal tech communities, training, certifications, coaching, online learning subscriptions, pass-it-on sessions, workshops and conferences.
• Employee assistance programme.
• Global internal wellbeing programme and access to wellbeing apps.
• Global tech communities, hobby clubs and interest groups, inclusion and diversity programmes, and events and celebrations.